Samuel William Rogerson
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Samuel William was the son of Samuel and Mary Ann Rogerson (née Thurgood). His father Samuel was born in Oxton, Nottinghamshire, in 1848 (bap. Oxton SS Peter & Paul, March 1848), the son of Henry Samuel and Jane Rogerson. In 1861 Henry, an agricultural labourer, his wife and their three children, including Samuel, were living on Water Lane, Oxton. His mother Mary Ann Thurgood was born in South Tottenham, London, in 1852, the daughter of Joseph and Eliza Thurgood. Samuel has not yet been traced on 1871 Census, but he and Mary Ann were married in 1880 in Tottenham (reg. Edmonton Middx) and had six children who were born in Tottenham: Ellen Mary b. 1881, Henry (Harry) b. 1882, Frederick b. 1884, Samuel William b. 1886 bap. Tottenham St Ann 14 November 1886, Joseph John b. 1889 and Charles b. 1892. Samuel, a general labourer, and his wife lived on Henry Road, Tottenham, during their married life. Samuel died in 1896 and between 1901 and 1911 his widow lived at 16 Henry Road. By 1911 only five of her six children were still living at home: Ellen a machinist (own account, at home), Frederick a poulterer, Samuel a warehouseman, Joseph of no occupation (recorded on census as having a 'deformed foot') and Charles a cashier and book keeper. The eldest son, Henry, was recorded on the 1901 Census working as a farm apprentice at Crimea Farm, Spring Lane, Lambley, with his widowed uncle, John Foster (50), a farmer. Also in the household was his uncle's niece Pollie Ward and nephew Wilfred Powell, a mechanical engineer, as well as two farm servants and a housekeeper. Henry married Emma Plumb in 1909 and in 1911 they and their son Samuel were living on Green Lane, Lambley; Henry was a coal colliery yard labourer. According to family information, Samuel William moved to Lambley to work on a cousin's farm; this would have been after the 1911 Census when he was living in Tottenham with his widowed mother. Mary Ann was still living in Tottenham at the time of her death in 1921.
1/5th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. Formerly 4th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (7181). Samuel William Rogerson was killed in action on 14 November 1916; according to the Registers of Soldiers' Effects, his death was presumed on that date. He is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery, France (grave reference: IV C 8); the history of the cemetery indicates that his grave was brought into the cemetery after the Armistice. CWGC - History of Warlencourt British Cemetery (extract): 'Warlencourt, the Butte de Warlencourt and Eaucourt-L'Abbaye were the scene of very fierce fighting in 1916. Eaucourt was taken by the 47th (London) Division early in October. The Butte (a Roman mound of excavated chalk, about 17 metres high, once covered with pines) was attacked by that and other divisions, but it was not relinquished by the Germans until the following 26 February, when they withdrew to the Hindenburg Line. The 51st (Highland) Division fought a delaying action here on 25 March 1918 during the great German advance, and the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division recaptured the ground on 25 August 1918. The cemetery was made late in 1919 when graves were brought in from small cemeteries and the battlefields of Warlencourt and Le Sars.' (www.cwgc.org)
WMR18000. West Green and Tottenham War Memorial, Philip Lane & West Green Road, South Tottenham, Haringey, Greater London: JC Rogerson and SW Rogerson. Samuel William's youngest brother Charles served in the 20th Bn Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment (G/43386 Private) and was killed in action in France aged 25, death presumed 12 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium (Panel 8). CWGC (Charles): 'Son of the late Mrs. Mary Ann Rogerson.' CWGC (Samuel William): 'Son of the late Samuel and Mary Ann Rogerson, of South Tottenham, London.' Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Samuel's legatee was his mother, Mary Ann Rogerson. Thanks to Rogerson's great niece Christine Doughty for help compiling this page.
